Face mask · D. R. Congo, Bwaka · ID: 3032403
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Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, asymmetrical facial features, carved teeth, vertical scarification marks, accentuated by red pigment, slightly dam., missing parts at the rim, min. insect caused damage, on pedestal;
used at circumcision rites when the initiates return to the village, often paired male/female.
The object Face mask with the object ID 3032403 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 432.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 121, ill. 11